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A New Journey

Welcome back to the Athlete in Training.

Here I am still running and still wanting to change and improve.

I've been working with Ami Porter and I have taken her Clear and Clarity 28 day programme which has been a huge help to me.

I have been lucky to have had Ami as a friend for several years now. When I was teaching she was a great friend and ear when stress took over my life and since then she has trained as a Life Coach.

I am looking to change my career - I currently work for McVities and I am lucky enough that I can change to working part time and I have asked for this to happen. 

My goal is to train as a swimming teacher! 

As I can now work part time I want to do a job that makes me happy and that feels good. I loved teaching and working with the kids and I have always liked helping people. As someone who also loves exercise when I saw that there was an opportunity to work at the pool it seemed ideal. 

So, thanks to Ami I have been making plans.

My short term plan was to undertake some online training - this is something I can do whilst at work during the downtime! I have now complete two course with the Institute of Swimming. - Job Done!

Next I need to start working part time - my request is in and I am still waiting for an outcome. Once I am working part time I can do the required 20 hours of volunteering at the pool.

Finally, assuming all is good!, I will quit working here at UB and start working at the pool. They will then put me on the required courses and I can start my swimming teacher journey.

One of the great bonuses of this job is that I get membership of the gym too. This means I can work part time and use the gym so have fun with my job and get fitter at the same time. The pool is also a little bit closer than where I work now so I can also continue to run commute. It all sounds so positive and perfect I can't wait for it to happen.

So with all of that to come I am resurrecting this blog to document my journey.



Comments

KatLucas said…
Youve got this Kim and I am sure you will fulfill your goals, I have every faith in you
8:12 PM, September 22, 2023
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